A couple of arrsers had requested my reading list and as I was moving house + cataloguing here it is.

Any suggestions of what else I should go out and buy when I have some more money would be welcome

History

Michael Armitage â The Royal Airforce
Antony Beevor â The Battle For Spain
Bill Bryson â A Short History of Nearly Everything
Niall Ferguson â The War of the World
Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins â The Battle For The Falklands
Richard Holmes â Dusty Warriors
Peter Jacobs â The Lancaster Story
Paul Fussell â The Boyâs Crusade
Lawrence James â The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire
Ministry of Health â How to keep well in Wartime
Simon Schama â At The Edge Of The World
Simon Schama â The British Wars
Simon Schama â The Fate of Empire
Albert Speer â Inside The Third Reich
Fredrick Taylor â Dresden
Dan Van Der Vat â The Grand Scuttle
Sandy Woodward â One Hundred Days

What about the new book by Flabby McAndrew? I've been waiting for that to come out as well.

Thanks for the suggestions - I'd forogtten to add "Rachel Carson - Silent Spring" (as I am reading it at the moment). Reckon it's well worth the read just so you can see how far we've come and how far we've got to go concerning pesiticide use.

What about the new book by Flabby McAndrew? I've been waiting for that to come out as well.

Thanks for the suggestions - I'd forogtten to add "Rachel Carson - Silent Spring" (as I am reading it at the moment). Reckon it's well worth the read just so you can see how far we've come and how far we've got to go concerning pesiticide use.

Oh, and I don't collect stamps

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In the middle of a new chapter as we speak.

I do hear that the full glorious history of 49 Para will be available soon.
Fairly close to any good bookshop but only initially in paperback.
You can fit more in the suitcase.

Ohh just a thought Crabby when you've got some spare cash get your mits on a copy of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell it's a fantastic read.
I've just started Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, it was recommended to me and so far it's great.

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I also have these in my 'waiting to read list' :

A Scandalous Life: A Biography of Jane Digby by Mary S. Lovell
The Desert and the Sown: The Syrian Adventures of the Female Lawrence of Arabia by Gertrude Bell
The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I tend to choose books by author. E.g. I haven't read anything bad by Beevor. Holmes is guaranteed. GM Fraser. Makes it difficult to spot a good un at the start of their writing but I find the broadsheet week-end papers Books sections give a good range. My other way to get books is to close in on a topic and then get books on that subject.

Crabby you obviously like Bill Bryson - I thoroughly recommend his 'Walk in the Woods' some real laugh out loud moments that I often recall when I'm hiking.

A classic that I never tire of re-reading and should be on every school curriculum is Nevil Shute On the Beach. Its the tale of the demise of the world thanks to a nuclear attack, told from the point of view of a small community in South Australia waiting for the fall out to reach them. Shute's refreshingly un-emotional style of writing leaves your mind free to form your own feelings. Powerful stuff that'll stay with you for a very long while.